My is upside down. It doesn't help that I ran out Xanax, my thyroid medicine is screwed up, my iron is low and my vitamin D is low. I'm a mess.

I've recently been forced into retirement due to my health. I struggled at work but it was all I knew for the past 22 years. I raised my children until they started school before I went back to work. Then I worked at the same job under hostile conditions for the past 2 years. Now I;'m home and don't know what to do with myself. I have no hobbies. To top all of the above my 27 year old daughter's marriage failed and is getting a divorce and has come home to live until she can get a job and afford an appartment. She has a 14 month old little boy my Grandson.If I was younger maybe I could handle things better but I feel like I'm starting the 3rd part of my life on a bad note.

Need some advice to get me out of this slump. It also doesn't help that the holidays are here and I don't like holidays but the family expects to come to my house for the big meals. Thanksgiving this year here and X-mas at my son's house as he has a new baby boy my 2nd grandson and he wants to do dinner. That will help me out.

I've recently been forced into retirement due to my health. I struggled at work but it was all I knew for the past 22 years. I raised my children until they started school before I went back to work. Then I worked at the same job under hostile conditions for the past 2 years. Now I;'m home and don't know what to do with myself. I have no hobbies. To top all of the above my 27 year old daughter's marriage failed and is getting a divorce and has come home to live until she can get a job and afford an appartment. She has a 14 month old little boy my Grandson.If I was younger maybe I could handle things better but I feel like I'm starting the 3rd part of my life on a bad note.

Need some advice to get me out of this slump. It also doesn't help that the holidays are here and I don't like holidays but the family expects to come to my house for the big meals. Thanksgiving this year here and X-mas at my son's house as he has a new baby boy my 2nd grandson and he wants to do dinner. That will help me out.

"Slump" is how I describe a series of dark days as well - I'm sorry to hear that you're in the middle of one

(((hugs))) to you!

Can you get to your doctor to address the medication, iron and vitamin D? I know that one tiny adjustment or change can make a big difference - good or bad - but let's go with GOOD!

14 months old is adorable....and CRAZY! I can imagine that is adding to your anxiety.

Re: hobbies. What do you enjoy doing? Where I live there are many free/affordable programs and activities available through Parks & Rec, public libraries, museums, etc. One year I decided I would try out yoga so I researched every studio and took the "one free tryout class" at all of them. Getting out trying something new might lead you to a place where you find a passion you haven't discovered before.

Please keep posting here and let me know what city/state you live in. I can find anything with my best friends Dr. Google - might be able to provide some resources.

Another (((HUG))) to you!

Haylen

p.s. If Thanksgiving is too much, you know you can cancel - tell the family to meet at a restaurant or another house!

"Slump" is how I describe a series of dark days as well - I'm sorry to hear that you're in the middle of one

(((hugs))) to you!

Can you get to your doctor to address the medication, iron and vitamin D? I know that one tiny adjustment or change can make a big difference - good or bad - but let's go with GOOD!

14 months old is adorable....and CRAZY! I can imagine that is adding to your anxiety.

Re: hobbies. What do you enjoy doing? Where I live there are many free/affordable programs and activities available through Parks & Rec, public libraries, museums, etc. One year I decided I would try out yoga so I researched every studio and took the "one free tryout class" at all of them. Getting out trying something new might lead you to a place where you find a passion you haven't discovered before.

Please keep posting here and let me know what city/state you live in. I can find anything with my best friends Dr. Google - might be able to provide some resources.

Another (((HUG))) to you!

Haylen

p.s. If Thanksgiving is too much, you know you can cancel - tell the family to meet at a restaurant or another house!

No I don't get any exercise. My husband says I should get up and wake up then go for a walk as far as I can go because I have a lot of medical problems and come home and shower and clean the house or do some baking which I like to do. I always say if I can get through the morning I can get through the day. I just have no energy to get myself motivated. I don't know if that is my depression or what. I live in the country Caroga Lake , New York. Closest city is Gloversville or Johnstown. Yes having a baby around 24/7 does stress me out. And the more people I have in the house the higher my anxiety is. Makes me just want to cry. I would just love to sleep until 7/8am just once. No I am up between 4-5 every morning. Well thanks for listening.beautiful buffalo

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedNo I don't get any exercise. My husband says I should get up and wake up then go for a walk as far as I can go because I have a lot of medical problems and come home and shower and clean the house or do some baking which I like to do. I always say if I can get through the morning I can get through the day. I just have no energy to get myself motivated. I don't know if that is my depression or what. I live in the country Caroga Lake , New York. Closest city is Gloversville or Johnstown. Yes having a baby around 24/7 does stress me out. And the more people I have in the house the higher my anxiety is. Makes me just want to cry. I would just love to sleep until 7/8am just once. No I am up between 4-5 every morning. Well thanks for listening.beautiful buffalo

You sound very depressed. Haylen above makes a good point that you should see a doctor about your thryoid, Vitamin D and iron. These changes alone could greatly help your mood. If not, then you should try an anti-depressant. And if you have been used to xanax and now aren't taking it, that could be a major source of your problems.

No hobbies? What did you used to do on weekends and after work? Do those things that you used to like to do. It may just be the depression that you can't find anything that you want to do. So see a doctor to deal with all of your medical issues.

And set boundaries in your life. This year tell the family that you are not up to having Thanksgiving at your home. They can manage. And also set limits with your daughter living with you. Get a job by such and such date, or she may not be motivated to find a job. And won't she get payments from her ex-husband after the divorce?

Things can and will get better. Good luck.

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedYou sound very depressed. Haylen above makes a good point that you should see a doctor about your thryoid, Vitamin D and iron. These changes alone could greatly help your mood. If not, then you should try an anti-depressant. And if you have been used to xanax and now aren't taking it, that could be a major source of your problems.

No hobbies? What did you used to do on weekends and after work? Do those things that you used to like to do. It may just be the depression that you can't find anything that you want to do. So see a doctor to deal with all of your medical issues.

And set boundaries in your life. This year tell the family that you are not up to having Thanksgiving at your home. They can manage. And also set limits with your daughter living with you. Get a job by such and such date, or she may not be motivated to find a job. And won't she get payments from her ex-husband after the divorce?

I also feel that conquering the morning puts me on track for a better day. Lack of energy is absolutely a symptom of depression. Please call your doctor and see if you can get your meds adjusted. Hopefully your energy will come back and your anxiety will lessen.

I'll check some resources in your area and post later - hopefully you can find something that interests you.

But, I urge you to call your doc about your meds first thing, please - keep checking back in and ((hugs))

Haylen

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedI also feel that conquering the morning puts me on track for a better day. Lack of energy is absolutely a symptom of depression. Please call your doctor and see if you can get your meds adjusted. Hopefully your energy will come back and your anxiety will lessen.

I'll check some resources in your area and post later - hopefully you can find something that interests you.

But, I urge you to call your doc about your meds first thing, please - keep checking back in and ((hugs))

I'm so down. I feel lazy without any energy. I see a Dr. every 2 months for my thyroid, Vitamin D and iron. I just want to cry. I'm so used to working for 21 years and it was suddenly taken away from me. I can't shop because I have no money coming in. I see my therapist every 2 weeks so she keeps up on my medicine. My mornings being the roughest doesn't help that I get up at 5am. It also doesn't help that my husband isn't around to do things with me. I'm just so bored. I'm suppose to start watching my grandson of 15 months soon as his mother finds a job. As I said they are living with us because she is in the middle of a divorce and I feel the need to help. But I can't imagine being strapped down with a young one faster than me and no car to go anyplace because my daughter will need it until she can afford one. I just want to curl up an cry. I feel so alone. Is there someone out there to help.BB

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedI'm so down. I feel lazy without any energy. I see a Dr. every 2 months for my thyroid, Vitamin D and iron. I just want to cry. I'm so used to working for 21 years and it was suddenly taken away from me. I can't shop because I have no money coming in. I see my therapist every 2 weeks so she keeps up on my medicine. My mornings being the roughest doesn't help that I get up at 5am. It also doesn't help that my husband isn't around to do things with me. I'm just so bored. I'm suppose to start watching my grandson of 15 months soon as his mother finds a job. As I said they are living with us because she is in the middle of a divorce and I feel the need to help. But I can't imagine being strapped down with a young one faster than me and no car to go anyplace because my daughter will need it until she can afford one. I just want to curl up an cry. I feel so alone. Is there someone out there to help.BB

Talked to my therapist today and we did a survey about Depression and it came back that I was severly depressed. We'll my daughter found a job so starting Saturday I start babysitting my grandson of 15 months. It will change my life as I will have no car to go anyplace as she will have it until she can afford her own.Need to keep myself busy somehow.BB

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedTalked to my therapist today and we did a survey about Depression and it came back that I was severly depressed. We'll my daughter found a job so starting Saturday I start babysitting my grandson of 15 months. It will change my life as I will have no car to go anyplace as she will have it until she can afford her own.Need to keep myself busy somehow.BB

If you are severely depressed, then how come you aren't taking an anti-depressant? You need it. And your arrangement with your daughter sounds like it will make you even more severely depressed. Have you told your daughter about your feelings? You owe it to her. For example, maybe you could drive her to work so that you can have the car while she is at work.

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedIf you are severely depressed, then how come you aren't taking an anti-depressant? You need it. And your arrangement with your daughter sounds like it will make you even more severely depressed. Have you told your daughter about your feelings? You owe it to her. For example, maybe you could drive her to work so that you can have the car while she is at work.

I don't know if I need a change in meds or my life is coming down around me. Today is the first day for watching my grandson and all is going fine but I still feel like crying. Bottom line is I am bored with my life. I need a knew life change.BB

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedI don't know if I need a change in meds or my life is coming down around me. Today is the first day for watching my grandson and all is going fine but I still feel like crying. Bottom line is I am bored with my life. I need a knew life change.BB

Do you have any hobbies or interests you could take up. I know there is only so much of one thing you can do, but finding something to break up the day a little may help. I am going to school right now. It gives me something that I have to do everyday.

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedDo you have any hobbies or interests you could take up. I know there is only so much of one thing you can do, but finding something to break up the day a little may help. I am going to school right now. It gives me something that I have to do everyday.

That is my problem. I have no hobbies. Can't think of any either. I'm so used to working all my life. I just don't know what to do with my time. Now I watch my grandson and I'm stranded at home because my daughter has no car and she just started work so she needs the car until she gets the money to buy one.BB

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Report This| Share this:I'm so depressedThat is my problem. I have no hobbies. Can't think of any either. I'm so used to working all my life. I just don't know what to do with my time. Now I watch my grandson and I'm stranded at home because my daughter has no car and she just started work so she needs the car until she gets the money to buy one.BB

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